 | Venus comes to life at wavelengths invisible to human eyes New images provide insight into Venus' atmosphere. |
 | Blast from the past The movements of planets and seasonal variations to the constellations have been relatively the same for thousands of years. What if the sky changed overnight and a new star brighter than anything else appeared? Would it be noticed if it happened in the 16th century? |
 | NASA extends contract with Russian Federal Space Agency This new contract continues transportation services through spring 2012. |
 | Lowell Observatory astronomer confirms new class of comets A new compositional class of comets: from fire, ice, or beyond? |
 | Meteorite field found in Saskatchewan A shower of space rocks over Canada has solar system researchers buzzing, and we have pictures from the scene. |
| Source of geysers on Saturn's moon may be underground water Saturn's moon Enceladus may hide an underground reservoir of water. |
 | NASA prepares for unprecedented mission to Jupiter The spacecraft will be the first to be placed in the giant planet's polar orbit. |
 | Fireball lights up the sky above western Canada Late last week, a big space rock smashed into Earth's atmosphere, where it burst into incandescence and created a visual display few will ever forget. |
 | Dawn glides into New Year As planned, mission controllers shut down the spacecraft's propulsion system November 20. |
 | Chandrayaan-1 begins Moon observations The lunar orbiter dropped its Moon Impact Probe. |
 | Possible Beta Pictoris planet imaged This giant planet is likely responsible for the star's oddly shaped disk and could explain the previously observed infall of comets onto the star. |
 | NASA spacecraft detects buried glaciers on Mars Discovery points to the presence of large amounts of water ice at low latitudes. |
 | Mars Express maps aurorae on the Red Planet Aurorae seem to be located near regions where the martian magnetic field is the strongest. |
 | Stunning images from MESSENGER's second Mercury flyby MESSENGER made its second flyby of the innermost planet October 6, and it's already sending back stunning images of never-before-photographed features. |
 | Out-of-this-world Award 2008 update The nearly 40 submissions to Astronomy magazine's 2008 Out-of-this-world programming award represent a collection of the country's best astronomy outreach programs. |
 | MESSENGER's second Mercury flyby On October 6, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft flew by Mercury for the second time since its August 4, 2004, launch. Here's a wrap-up of Astronomy.com's coverage of this historic mission to the innermost planet. |
| Science of MESSENGER's second Mercury flyby During flyby, one instrument will look at reflected light from Mercury's surface to better determine the mineral composition of the planet. |
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